Local Authority Access Officers (EDM359)

Local Authority Access Officers

EDM number 359 in 2009-10, proposed by Mark Williams on 03/12/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Disability discrimination.

That this House notes that local authorities are subject to duties under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 not to discriminate against disabled people in employment or the provision of service, and that amendments made by the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 ensure that all the activities of public authorities are covered by the 1995 Act; further notes that these duties include the need to make positive adjustments to ensure that disabled people are not less favourably treated; is concerned that whilst some local authorities have chosen to appoint access officers to ensure these new requirements are adhered to, others are yet to do this; and urges the Government to issue guidance to local authorities to encourage them to employ access officers, in order to promote equality of opportunity for disabled people.

This motion has been signed by a total of 36 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Mark Williams	03/12/2009	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Lynne Jones	03/12/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Seconded
David Taylor	07/12/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Withdrawn
Glenda Jackson	07/12/2009	Hampstead and Highgate	Labour	Seconded
Ann Cryer	07/12/2009	Keighley	Labour	Seconded
Robert Wareing	07/12/2009	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Seconded
Kelvin Hopkins	07/12/2009	Luton North	Labour	Seconded
Iris Robinson	08/12/2009	Strangford	DUP	Withdrawn
Martin Caton	08/12/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	08/12/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Keith Vaz	08/12/2009	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	08/12/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	08/12/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	08/12/2009	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	08/12/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	08/12/2009	Chorley	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	09/12/2009	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
John Leech	09/12/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	09/12/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Paul Flynn	09/12/2009	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	09/12/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	09/12/2009	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	09/12/2009	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
George Howarth	09/12/2009	Knowsley North and Sefton East	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	10/12/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	10/12/2009	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	10/12/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	14/12/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Levitt	14/12/2009	High Peak	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	14/12/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	15/12/2009	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Charlotte Atkins	15/12/2009	Staffordshire Moorlands	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	05/01/2010	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	05/01/2010	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	07/01/2010	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	19/01/2010	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed

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